House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2014
- Committee actionJul 16, 2014
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 12, 2014 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 453.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4854.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4854, Regulatory Certainty Act of 2014” on September 5, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 16, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 5, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45693
- CBO publication date
- September 5, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4854, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4854
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-609 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 12, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 12, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/609
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4854, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4854
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3050b0672a4e38b0460a416dc956bef29cc1f3067019a68307547b13c1f3d8b8
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIBBS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5364):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce among the several States)Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 138 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4854, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4854
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3050b0672a4e38b0460a416dc956bef29cc1f3067019a68307547b13c1f3d8b8
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4854, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
20 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 20 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), David Jolly (R-FL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Tom Marino (R-PA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), David McKinley (R-WV), Scott Perry (R-PA), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Steve Southerland (R-FL), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Gibbs.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.